"Figure 3: A large decrease in natural change in the year to mid-2020 has contributed to population growth falling to its lowest level since mid-2003","" "Drivers of UK population growth mid-1982 to mid-2020 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures may not add exactly because of rounding. 2. Other changes include changes to the size of armed forces stationed in the UK and other special population adjustments; and is combined with net international migration for the purposes of this chart. 3. Components of population change are broken down for countries, regions, counties and local authority districts in [Table MYE3](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland)." "Unit","Thousands" "","" "Mid-Year","Births","Deaths","Net international migration and other","Natural change (births minus deaths)" "1982","722.2","669.4","-119.5","52.8" "1983","722.1","660.2","-36.9","61.9" "1984","718.0","652.4","28.1","65.6" "1985","744.9","659.4","59.2","85.5" "1986","754.4","670.0","45.5","84.4" "1987","763.5","634.5","-8.9","129.1" "1988","787.6","651.4","-23.7","136.2" "1989","777.5","638.7","21.0","138.9" "1990","781.9","664.2","43.3","117.7" "1991","798.4","645.1","47.8","153.3" "1992","792.7","635.4","-11.4","157.3" "1993","762.4","633.6","0.5","128.8" "1994","763.1","650.8","36.0","112.3" "1995","737.2","630.4","55.8","106.9" "1996","722.3","645.0","62.2","77.3" "1997","739.9","637.1","47.0","102.8" "1998","717.5","617.1","60.3","100.4" "1999","710.5","633.9","132.8","76.6" "2000","688.0","625.7","139.3","62.3" "2001","673.5","599.2","153.2","74.3" "2002","663.3","601.5","190.9","61.7" "2003","681.7","604.9","194.3","76.7" "2004","707.1","603.3","209.5","103.8" "2005","717.6","590.6","335.6","127.0" "2006","734.2","575.3","254.4","159.0" "2007","757.6","570.5","304.7","187.1" "2008","790.5","569.9","283.6","220.6" "2009","786.6","570.0","219.8","216.7" "2010","796.8","553.4","255.4","243.3" "2011","811.1","556.0","270.3","255.2" "2012","813.2","558.8","165.5","254.4" "2013","792.4","580.3","188.5","212.1" "2014","777.4","551.2","264.9","226.2" "2015","775.5","603.6","341.4","171.8" "2016","781.0","588.1","345.2","192.8" "2017","762.2","602.5","232.4","159.8" "2018","743.9","622.9","274.3","121.0" "2019","721.7","593.4","233.0","128.3" "2020","700.7","669.2","252.9","31.4"